"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Rest with ( নির্ভর করা ; বিশ্বাসস্থাপন করা ) The whole matter rests with you.
  • Escape by ( রক্ষা করা ) He escaped by a hair breadth.
  • Bound for ( যাত্রার জন্য প্রস্তুত ) The ship is bound for England.
  • Slow of ( ধীর ) He is slow of speech. He is slow at figures. He is slow in writing.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.

Idioms:

  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Slip of the pen ( লেখায় অসতর্কতাবশতঃ সামান্য ভুল ) This mistake is due to a slip of the pen.